Tie.



O. H. MAGKEY.

TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 1, 1914.. Serial No. 835,717.

Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known'that I, ORSMER H. MACKEY, a citizen of' the United States, residing at Marlboro, in the county of Ulster and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ties, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in railway ties, the primary object being to construct a reinforced plastic tie which shall be simple in construction, strong and durable, and which will afford the rails the desired amount ,of resiliency or yieldability, so that the wei' ht of the rolling stock passing thereover wil not inflict injury to the tie or to the rails.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means formed with the tie for efiectively sustaining the rails upon the tie.

With the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tie constructed in accordance with the present invention, and illustrating the rails secured thereon, Fig. 2 is a similar view of a tie with the rails removed, Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken in a line Withone of the rail seats, Fig, 4 is a central longitudinal sectional view approximately on the line w-w of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the reinforcement, thetie being indicated by the dotted lines, and Fig. 6 is a similar view of a reinforcement formed of an integral member.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates my improved tie which has its body formed of plastic mate rial. The tie has embedded therein a metallic reinforcement, which comprises end members which include two parallel substantially rectangular elements 1 and 2 respectively, and a central connecting member 3. The members 1 and 2 are parallel and are disposed withinthe tie adjacent the top and bottom respectively of the tie, and the outer faces of the said members may be arranged flush with the ends of the tie. The members 1, 2 and 3 provide, what may be termed, H- shaped heads, and will be soreferred to hereinafter. The central member 3 of each of the heads is approximately centrally formed upon its inner face with spaced brackets 4: and 5 respectively between which is adapted to be arranged a longitudinally extending bar or web 6, the said web being secured to the brackets of the respective heads through the medium of suitable elements 7 passing through the brackets and openings in the ends of the web 6. The web 6, at a suitable distance from each of the ends or heads is provided with a pair of spaced openings 8, through which pass vertically disposed bolts 9 and 10 respectively, the said bolts also passing through openings provided in substantially rectangular anchor members 11, the heads of the said bolts enga ing with'the lower edges of each of the saic anchors. through openings 12 and 13 respectively formed in a central transverse flange 14c and the body of rail blocks 15 and 16 respectively. The body of each of the rail blocks 15 and 16 respectively has its upper face channeled, as at 17, the width of the channel agreeing with the width of the base flange of the rails 18, the depth of the flange being materially greater than the thickness of the base flanges of the said rails 18.

Arranged within each of the channels of the rail blocks is a cushion member 19, the said cushion member preferably comprising a block of wood but the'same may, of course, be constructed of other material such as a sheet of thick rubber, or analogous yieldable substance. The bolts 9 and 10, as stated, project a suitable distance above the blocks 15 and 16, and are arranged to the sides of the channels in the blocks. When the rails are seated upon the cushion members, nuts 20 are screwed upon the bolts and bind against the upper faces of the base flanges of the said rails, and so sustain the rails upon the tie without the employment of additional securing means. 7

In Fig. 6 of the drawings, the metallic member has been shown as an integral member, and may be so constructed if desired. In this instance the rail blocks 15' and 16' are provided to the opposite sides of their channels 17 with vertically extending integrally threaded members 12 and 18 respectively, the rail blocks being provided with cushion members 19 upon which the rails rest, nuts 20 being arranged upon the threaded members 12 and 13 to engage with the base flanges of the rails for securing the said rails to the tie.

The bolts also pass In addition to the bolts 9 and 10, preferably referred to, additional bolts 21- may be employed, the same passing centrally through the rail blocks, the web or connecting bar and through the anchor plates, nuts 22 being employed for locking the said bolts upon the reinforcement.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

the simplicity of the devlce, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I clairn'is:

1. A plastic tie having a metallic reinforcement includin'g'H' shaped heads which are arranged at the ends of the tie, a web connecting the central member of the heads extendinglongitudinally within the tie, the said web having anchor members depending therefrom and transversely arranged rail blocks positioned thereon, said rail blocks being provided with longitudinal channels, a cushion member within each of the channels and adapted to receive the rail, bolt members projecting from the rail blocks to the opposite sides of the channels, and nuts for the bolts.

- 2. In a tie of the class described, a body of plastice material, H-shaped heads embedded within the body and arranged flush with the ends, a web connecting the heads, metallic blocks extending above the bod and having a central flange connected wit the web, and means for securing rails upon the blocks.

3. In a tie of the class set forth, a plastic body having a metallic reinforcement including H-shaped heads which are arranged within the ties at the ends thereof, a web comprising a bar removably connected with the heads, said web having downwardly ex- 7 tending anchor members, rail blocks having rail receiving channels connected with the web, bolt members upon the rail blocks, and nuts for the bolts. I

4. In a tie of the class set forth, a plastic body, a metallic reinforcement having a plastic body, said reinforcement including ends, each comprising parallel rectangular members and a central connecting member, the said connecting member having its inner face formed with spaced'brackets, a rod extending longitudinally through the tie and arranged between and connected with each bracket, anchor members within the tie disposed in contact with the under-face of the rod, bolts passing through the saidmemhers and through the rod, rail,blocks, saidrail blocks including a central flange which rests upon the upper face of the rod, said blocks each having openings through which the bolts pass, the blocks having their upper faces projecting above the plastic body and provided with longitudinal channels to receive the rails, a cushion member within each of the channels, and nuts for the bolts contacting with the flanges of the rails.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses. H 1

ORSMER MAGKEY.

Witnesses:

E. W. CARBENTER, 'ALEXANDER JOHNSTON. 

